Brian Gavin: Duty of care means Shane Kingston should have seen red

For an underage team, Cork were pretty cynical. I found it strange that they felt they needed to do such things when they are an excellent group of hurlers

TOUGH TACKLING: Adam Screeney of Offaly in action against Shane Kingston of Cork during the All-Ireland U20 HC final at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles. Pic: Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile

On a predominantly football weekend, I have to start with what happened in the first half of the U20 All-Ireland hurling final.

For what I believe is at least the fifth time across this year’s hurling championships, a blatant red card was missed when Cormac Egan was shouldered to the head by Shane Kingston as he threatened the Cork goal.